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1993 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1993
image	St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Busch Memorial Stadium
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	87–75 (.537)
divisional_place	3rd
owners	Anheuser-Busch
general_managers	Dal Maxvill
managers	Joe Torre
television	KPLR
(Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck)
radio	KMOX
(Jack Buck, Mike Shannon)

(Al Hrabosky, Joe Buck) (Jack Buck, Mike Shannon) The 1993 St. Louis Cardinals season was the Cardinals' 112th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 102nd season in the National League. Under their manager Joe Torre, the Cardinals went 87–75 during the season (their best record in the Torre era) and finished third in the National League East, ten games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. This was the final season in the NL East for the Cardinals, before their move to the NL Central for the following season.

Offseason

December 7, 1992: Rex Hudler was released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 22, 1993: Félix José and Craig Wilson were traded by the Cardinals to the Kansas City Royals for Gregg Jefferies and Ed Gerald (minors).

Regular season

Reliever Lee Smith became baseball's all-time saves leader this year, which has since been surpassed.

On September 7 at Riverfront Stadium, Mark Whiten hit four massive home runs and had twelve runs batted in against the Cincinnati Reds. In the process, Whiten tied two Major League records in one game.

Gregg Jeffries finished third in the NL in batting (.342) and stole 46 bases, a club record for a first baseman.

Notable Transactions

March 31, 1993: Mark Clark and Juan Andújar (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Mark Whiten.
June 3, 1993: Alan Benes was drafted by the Cardinals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1993.
August 31, 1993: Lee Smith was traded by the Cardinals to the New York Yankees for Rich Batchelor.

Opening Day starters

Bernard Gilkey
Gregg Jefferies
Ray Lankford
Tom Pagnozzi
Gerónimo Peña
Ozzie Smith
Bob Tewksbury
Mark Whiten
Todd Zeile

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1993 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Tom Pagnozzi	92	330	85	.258	7	41
1B	Greg Jefferies	142	544	186	.342	16	83
2B	Luis Alicea	115	362	101	.279	3	46
SS	Ozzie Smith	141	545	157	.288	1	53
3B	Todd Zeile	157	571	158	.277	17	103
LF	Bernard Gilkey	137	557	170	.305	16	70
CF	Ray Lankford	127	407	97	.238	7	45
RF	Mark Whiten	152	562	142	.253	25	99

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Gerónimo Peña	74	254	65	.256	5	30
Erik Pappas	82	228	63	.276	1	28
Brian Jordan	67	223	69	.309	10	44
Rod Brewer	110	147	42	.286	2	20
Gerald Perry	96	98	33	.337	4	16
Tracy Woodson	62	77	16	.208	0	2
José Oquendo	46	73	15	.205	0	4
Tim Jones	29	61	16	.262	0	1
Héctor Villanueva	17	55	8	.145	3	9
Stan Royer	24	46	14	.304	1	8
Tripp Cromer	10	23	2	.087	0	0
Ozzie Canseco	6	17	3	.176	0	0
Lonnie Maclin	12	13	1	.077	0	1
Marc Ronan	6	12	1	.083	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note; G = Games pitched, IP = Innings pitched, W = Wins, L = Losses, ERA = Earned run average, SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Tewksbury	32	213.2	17	10	3.83	97
René Arocha	32	188.0	11	8	3.78	96
Donovan Osborne	26	155.2	10	7	3.76	83
Joe Magrane	22	116.0	8	10	4.97	38
Allen Watson	16	86.0	6	7	4.60	49

Other pitchers

Note; G = Games pitched, IP = Innings pitched, W = Wins, L = Losses, ERA = Earned run average, SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rhéal Cormier	38	145.1	7	6	4.33	75
Omar Olivares	58	118.2	5	3	4.17	63
Tom Urbani	18	62.0	1	3	4.65	33

Relief pitchers

Note; G = Games pitched, W = Wins, L = Losses, SV = Saves, ERA = Earned run average, SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lee Smith	55	2	4	43	4.50	49
Rob Murphy	73	5	7	1	4.87	41
Mike Pérez	65	7	2	7	2.48	58
Les Lancaster	50	4	1	0	2.93	36
Lee Guetterman	40	3	3	1	2.93	19
Todd Burns	24	0	4	0	6.16	10
Paul Kilgus	22	1	0	1	0.63	21
Rich Batchelor	9	0	0	0	8.10	4
Steve Dixon	4	0	0	0	33.75	2
Rod Brewer	1	0	0	0	45.00	1

Farm system

References

"Rex Hudler Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsocr01.shtml Craig Wilson page at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/09071993.shtml Box Score of Four Home Run Game by Mark Whiten by Baseball Almanac]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitema01.shtml Mark Whiten page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml Alan Benes page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithle02.shtml Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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